Our CrossFit Senseis
Merrilee is a founder and owner of CrossFit Main Line Ardmore & Wayne. Finding CrossFit was a defining moment in Merrilee’s life. She always had an interest in health and exercise, but had struggled to find a true sense of fitness. “I credit CrossFit, in combination with proper nutrition, and it’s supportive community with helping me achieve the body image I have always wanted – while never feeling healthier or stronger””. Read More
Daniel was introduced to CrossFit in 2006 after working for a national sports training company. Along with his wife, Merrilee, they founded CrossFit Main Line in 2012 and with a little luck, a lot of long hours and an unbelievable community behind them, they expanded the CrossFit Main Line brand to a second location, CrossFit R5.
Daniel was born and raised in Alabama, educated at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and has played baseball all around the country.Read More
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Our CrossFit Ninjas
Before Crossfit, running was Betsy’s go-to fitness regimen. After the birth of her second daughter, friends encouraged her to give Crossfit a shot. Right away she knew Crossfit would be a solution for life long fitness.
Over the last 10 years, Chelsey has had the opportunity to work with some pretty amazing people. She has coached in several gyms both in Texas and Pennsylvania and has had the opportunity to compete in CrossFit Regionals both as an individual and as a member of a team. She loves that CrossFit has brought the importance of health and wellness to the forefront again and takes pride in even having a small influence on people living healthier more productive lives.
In attempt to enhance his functional fitness as a United States Marine, Raymond turned to CrossFit while he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. He fell in love with the varied workout regimen and its close-knit community of athletes, and continued to CrossFit long after his military service ended in 2014.
Cassio’s pursuit of fitness knowledge led him to Australia to work with veteran coaches, and then to New Caledonia, where he helped establish the country’s first CrossFit box. His next stop was Hong Kong, where he added sports injury and physical therapy studies to his repertoire. After that, it was on to Qatar to become the Head Coach of a VIP facility before returning to Brazil. Read More
Keiko was first introduced to CrossFit in 2010 and it has been a big part of her life ever since. She started coaching the same year she started in Okinawa, Japan for the next 4 years. She also coached 2 years in Tokyo. She is a Japanese Translator for CrossFit HQ. She competed at the Asia regional as an athlete in the past.Read More
Matt grew up playing competitive ice hockey, but while in college, fell into a routine of infrequent exercise and poor eating habits. After school, he committed himself to improving his nutrition and began an exercise regimen because he realized health was a driving force in many aspects of his life.
After being a run-of-the-mill “gym rat” for years, he realized that high intensity training was more his speed. Read More
An attorney by trade, Mike spent his time out of the office running a little, lifting a little and, athletically, accomplishing very little. Â After spending more years than he could count on the the typical exercise treadmill, Mike found CrossFit in June 2011. Â The CrossFit approach to fitness – constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity – clicked with him immediately. Â Since then, Mike has used CrossFit Read More
In the summer of 2012 after hearing a friend talk about his Crossfit experience, Lea decided to give it a try to differentiate her workouts. After the first workout there wasn’t a doubt that it was something she would stick with. Through the years, the constant challenge of movements and workouts did not disappoint and neither have the results.
Before discovering Crossfit, Heather grew up playing lacrosse, trained and ran in several marathons, half marathons and Tough Mudder races. She spent many years weight training, where a dear friend and training partner introduced her to Crossfit style metcons.
Years after the birth of her children she realized the importance of weight training which lead her to trying CrossFit where she immediately fell in love with the coaches, community and varied workouts.
Mark was a 3 sport athlete in high school (football, wrestling, and lacrosse) at Marple Newtown. After high school he played lacrosse at Millersville. In 2015, Mark got tired of his long and lonely gym workouts, so a friend recommended he try CrossFit. After taking his first class, Mark was hooked.
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From her very first WOD, Tressa fell in love with the sport of Crossfit and what it has done for her physically and mentally. Tressa found that her confidence in and outside the gym grew as she gained physical strength and…